Ahhh... this reminds me of the 90s housing bust

[graphrix_IHB]

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/us/29pools.html">History repeats itself</a>.



Having grown up in OC, I can remember this happening in the 90s. I am a bit too old to remember the full fledged drained pools of 95-97, but I was part of the first round of layoffs that resulted in abandoned pools. Man... how I wish we had teh Google back then. It would have made things a lot easier, and probably a lot less interaction with the cops. It wasn't fun being at a house that drained their pool for reasons other than a foreclosure.



But this is exactly what it was like...



http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/28/us/26221217.JPG



?God bless Greenspan, patron saint of pool skatin.?

 

[no_vaseline_IHB]

I dig the Griffey jersey FTW!

 

[SoCal78_IHB]

Good article, Graph. I never would have thought the sk8ters are visiting MLS sites to look for these places. I think they are ultimately doing the city and the bank a big favor. I say let them keep it up but without the threat of citations.

 

[No_Such_Reality_IHB]

I thought boarding on an exposed pool surface rapidly deteriorated the surface finish leading to a potentially expensive repair.